Thanks. I have to work really hard at it, but I’m getting there bit by bit.

(25-12-2012 07:18 AM)Anjele Wrote: Oh goodie, an Egor slam and run for Christmas...what a wonderful way to represent for the Christians on their most hallowed of days.

I’m not running. In fact, I’m sending yet another small donation to the forum. This is one of the best forums on the web, and we should all be supporting it. It doesn’t have to be a lot, but everyone should send something.

(25-12-2012 07:28 AM)Humakt Wrote: Not sure if Christmas is their most hallowed day, Easter has to be the biggy.

Easter isn’t important for atheists. Christmas should be, but Easter is for those who recognize what Christ is and who put their faith in Jesus Christ.

Thanks. I have to work really hard at it, but I’m getting there bit by bit.

(25-12-2012 07:18 AM)Anjele Wrote: Oh goodie, an Egor slam and run for Christmas...what a wonderful way to represent for the Christians on their most hallowed of days.

I’m not running. In fact, I’m sending yet another small donation to the forum. This is one of the best forums on the web, and we should all be supporting it. It doesn’t have to be a lot, but everyone should send something.

(25-12-2012 07:28 AM)Humakt Wrote: Not sure if Christmas is their most hallowed day, Easter has to be the biggy.

Easter isn’t important for atheists. Christmas should be, but Easter is for those who recognize what Christ is and who put their faith in Jesus Christ.

(25-12-2012 07:28 AM)Humakt Wrote: Not sure if Christmas is their most hallowed day, Easter has to be the biggy.

Easter isn’t important for atheists. Christmas should be, but Easter is for those who recognize what Christ is and who put their faith in Jesus Christ.

?, I was talking to the point someone made about Christmas being christians most hallowed day, I also you'll note use the word their (referring to christians), not my, or our. And really, hate to break it to you, but the popular symbols of easter are not christ crucified to save our souls, its bunnies and eggs all symbols of fertility from other less "kosher" faith systems. The very name easter, derives from Eastre the Goddess of offspring and newborns worshipped by the anglo saxons. But, I suspect you know that already.

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I have to try to wake you up by any means necessary. You have to wake up. I’m an alarm clock ringing the truth.

Isaac Newton wouldn’t have thought so. He worshiped Jesus Christ.

Thanks. I have to work really hard at it, but I’m getting there bit by bit.

I’m not running. In fact, I’m sending yet another small donation to the forum. This is one of the best forums on the web, and we should all be supporting it. It doesn’t have to be a lot, but everyone should send something.

Easter isn’t important for atheists. Christmas should be, but Easter is for those who recognize what Christ is and who put their faith in Jesus Christ.

Even you have to appeal to my God.

You, too, Dom.

So wait, the first person to genuinely wish you a happy Christmas on this thread gets ignored?

It's ok, there are no cliffs in Florida so I won't be leaping off of one to be dashed to smithereens by the rocky crag below.

Dont fret Dom, I dont merit reciprocation of the sentiment either.

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Excuse me: How is trying to save your soul from hell (whatever that might be) on Christmas day an example of hate? That's such a knee-jerk response by the left that it doesn't even have an impact any longer. Hate? You think I spend my time hating atheists? You're the only one's I talk to.

(25-12-2012 09:31 AM)Percepticon Wrote: So wait, the first person to genuinely wish you a happy Christmas on this thread gets ignored?

It's ok, there are no cliffs in Florida so I won't be leaping off of one to be dashed to smithereens by the rocky crag below.

Sorry. I thought I included yours in the multiquote. That's what I get for thinking. Merry Christmas to you, as well, and may Christ fill your soul, even as he has filled mine with truth and life.

(25-12-2012 09:39 AM)Humakt Wrote: I was talking to the point someone made about Christmas being christians most hallowed day, I also you'll note use the word their (referring to christians), not my, or our. And really, hate to break it to you, but the popular symbols of easter are not christ crucified to save our souls, its bunnies and eggs all symbols of fertility from other less "kosher" faith systems. The very name easter, derives from Eastre the Goddess of offspring and newborns worshipped by the anglo saxons. But, I suspect you know that already.

Popular symbols of Christmas and Easter don't matter. I'm looking at our lit Christmas tree, and to be quite honest, I have no idea what it's supposed to mean. Nevertheless, Christmas is the day we celebrate Jesus' birthday, and Easter is the day we celebrate his resurrection from the dead.

Now, for the record. The Veridican Gospel of Jesus Christ does not include a birth narrative, and I personally don't believe the body of Jesus of Nazareth rose from the dead. The symbolism of the birth narrative in Matthew and Luke is important, I believe, but not really part of the Gospel. There is no hope in a body rising from a tomb like a zombie, so I refuse to believe that's what really happened. Rather the symbolism, and even the hidden meaning behind the resurrection, is what matters.

Remember: The Gospels are not history. They are a fictional account intended to cause a spiritual change within the reader. You read it, and you start thinking about things like, What is truth? What is life? What is death? What is the human purpose? What is God really like? How does this apply to me? etc.

(25-12-2012 09:43 AM)Egor Wrote: Excuse me: How is trying to save your soul from hell (whatever that might be) on Christmas day an example of hate? That's such a knee-jerk response by the left that it doesn't even have an impact any longer. Hate? You think I spend my time hating atheists? You're the only one's I talk to.

Trying to save our souls from hell on Christmas day is an example of trolling, not hate.

(25-12-2012 09:39 AM)Humakt Wrote: I was talking to the point someone made about Christmas being christians most hallowed day, I also you'll note use the word their (referring to christians), not my, or our. And really, hate to break it to you, but the popular symbols of easter are not christ crucified to save our souls, its bunnies and eggs all symbols of fertility from other less "kosher" faith systems. The very name easter, derives from Eastre the Goddess of offspring and newborns worshipped by the anglo saxons. But, I suspect you know that already.

Popular symbols of Christmas and Easter don't matter. I'm looking at our lit Christmas tree, and to be quite honest, I have no idea what it's supposed to mean. Nevertheless, Christmas is the day we celebrate Jesus' birthday, and Easter is the day we celebrate his resurrection from the dead.

Now, for the record. The Veridican Gospel of Jesus Christ does not include a birth narrative, and I personally don't believe the body of Jesus of Nazareth rose from the dead. The symbolism of the birth narrative in Matthew and Luke is important, I believe, but not really part of the Gospel. There is no hope in a body rising from a tomb like a zombie, so I refuse to believe that's what really happened. Rather the symbolism, and even the hidden meaning behind the resurrection, is what matters.

Remember: The Gospels are not history. They are a fictional account intended to cause a spiritual change within the reader. You read it, and you start thinking about things like, What is truth? What is life? What is death? What is the human purpose? What is God really like? How does this apply to me? etc.

Funny. I had the same reaction to The Hobbit.
Well, except for the god stuff.

Why bother saving our souls? If, as you say, the gospels are fiction, there is no reason to believe in such a thing as hell, and certainly no reason to believe a soul exists.

Since god is all and all is god, there really is little to be saved from, per your own statements.

Merry Christmas anyway.

It was just a fucking apple man, we're sorry okay? Please stop the madness
~Izel